Immigration: Lesser of two evils

11:00 PM,
Feb. 22, 2013

Written by

Charles Krauthammer

The president suggested he would hold off introducing his own immigration bill as long as bipartisan Senate negotiations were proceeding apace - until his own immigration bill mysteriously leaked precisely as bipartisan Senate negotiations were proceeding apace.

A naked political maneuver and a blunt warning to Republicans: Finish that immigration deal in Congress or I'll propose something I know you can't accept - and flog the issue mercilessly next year to win back the House.

John McCain responded (correctly) that President Obama was creating a "cudgel" to gain "political ...